Simple Pleasures: Photographs to Honor Earth Day

“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.” ― John Ruskin

Edward Weston, Dunes, Oceano
Edward Weston, Dunes, Oceano, 1936, Silver Gelatin Photograph
Eliot Porter, River Canyon Junction, Öxnadalsheidhi, 1975, Dye transfer photograph
Eliot Porter, River Canyon Junction, Öxnadalsheidhi, 1975, Dye transfer photograph
David Yarrow, Africa II, 2018, Archival pigment photograph
David Yarrow, Africa II, 2018, Archival pigment photograph
Rock and Water, Coral Beach, Skye, Scotland, 2013, Archival pigment photograph
Rock and Water, Coral Beach, Skye, Scotland, 2013, Archival pigment photograph
Ansel Adams, Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, 1935, Silver gelatin photograph
Ansel Adams, Mirror Lake, Yosemite National Park, California, 1935, Silver gelatin photograph
Eliot Porter, Hawkweed In Meadow. Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, 1968, Dye transfer photograph
Eliot Porter, Hawkweed In Meadow. Great Spruce Head Island, Maine, 1968, Dye transfer photograph
Joyce Tenneson, Fog and Megunticook, 2014, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum
Joyce Tenneson, Fog and Megunticook, 2014, Infused Dyes Sublimated on Aluminum
Francesca Piqueras, Andes 5, 2021, Lightjet print on Kodak paper
Francesca Piqueras, Andes 5, 2021, Lightjet print on Kodak paper
Stephen Wilkes, Polar Bears, Churchill, Manitoba, Day to Night, 2020, Fuji crystal archival photograph
Stephen Wilkes, Polar Bears, Churchill, Manitoba, Day to Night, 2020, Fuji crystal archival photograph
Michael Eastman, Sunspots, Montana, 2003, Infused dyes sublimated on aluminum
Michael Eastman, Sunspots, Montana, 2003, Infused dyes sublimated on aluminum
Brett Weston, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, 1973, Silver gelatin photograph
Brett Weston, Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska, 1973, Silver gelatin photograph
Andre Lichtenberg, Pebbles Study 1 (White Light), Impossible Utopia, 2017, Infused dyes sublimated on aluminum
Andre Lichtenberg, Pebbles Study 1 (White Light), Impossible Utopia, 2017, Infused dyes sublimated on aluminum

Simple Pleasures is an ongoing series curated by Holden Luntz Gallery, presenting a selection of our favorite pictures organized thematically.

We hope you find these photographs as a gentle reminder that there are always simple pleasures to be found.